"Soft"-cuticle protein secondary structure as revealed by FT-Raman, ATR FT-IR and CD spectroscopy

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 877-885

  Iconomidou, Vassiliki A ^a   Chryssikos, Georgios D ^b   Gionis, Vassilis ^b   Willis, Judith H ^c   Hamodrakas, Stavros J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"Soft cuticle" proteins; Antiparallel pleated sheet; ATR FT IR; CD; Chitin; FT Raman

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; GUANIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE; HYALOPHORA CECROPIA CUTICLE PROTEIN 12; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CECROPIA MOTH; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CUTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

CECROPIA; HYALOPHORA CECROPIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0035954587     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(01)00033-9     Document Type: Article

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